Stropping machine



Nov. 18, 1924, 11,515

y F, G. HENRY STROPPING MACHINE F'lled Juli! 16 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet l .HU-h

F. G. HENRY STROPPING MACHINE 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July l5 1920 M OT- www v INVEHTQ Ferd'mund G. Hem

BY {QZQIFeL/Q f ATTORNY STROPPING MACHINE Filed July l5 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 11,515,737 F. G. HENRY STROPPING MACHINE Filed July J6 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet f1 '46 mvENToR ATTORNEY Fevdnomc) G. Henn( I Patented Nov. l, 19241.

FERDINAND G. HENRY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO WALDEN KNIFE COMPANY, OF WAL YORK.

DEN, NEW YORK, A. CORPORATO'N OF NEW STR-OPPING MACHINE.

Application filed July 16,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FERDINAND G. HENRY, a citizen of the United States, residing atk New York, N. Y., have invented certain new and useful improvements in Stropping Ma-` chines, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates to stropping ma chines, and is herein shown as embodied in a stropping machine designed to strop the thin removable razor blades now employed with various types of safety razors. It will be understood, however, that the invention is not restricted to the particular embodiment or uses herein illustrated and described, and that many features of the invention are of general utility in 'the art to which the invention relates.

A general object of the invention is to provide a stropping machine which will automatically present the work to be stropped to the stropping mechanism, effect the stropping of the work, and then remove it from the stropping mechanism.

More particularly, the invention aims to` provide means for automaticallypresenting, in succession, to a stropping mechanism a series of thin blades to be stropped, effecting the stropping of these blades automatically, then removing them from the stropping mechanism, and preferably delivering them to a stack or galley in such manner that they can readily be handled for suoli further operations as are to be performed on or in con nection with them. I

An important feature of the invention is the novel arrangement of the strops, whereby the abrasive cut of each is in a direction oblique to the cutting edge of the blade or other work to be stropped.

Another important feature of the invention is the novel means for delivering the blades to the stropping mechanism by an endwise movementthat is, by a movement parallel to the cutting edge. n

The invention also comprises novel means for presenting a supply of blades to the blade l feeding mechanism after the stropping operf ation, and retaining 'them in convenient con-` dition for presentation to other machines, or even for manual manipulation.

Other important features and objects of the invention will appear from the following 14920. Serial No. 396,667.

description and claims when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, 1n wh1ch W Fig. l 1s a front elevation of a machine embodying the invention, certain parts being l broken away lto disclosevmore clearly other parts otherwise wholly or partly concealed;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the ma chine shown in Fig. 1 substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. also broken away; l

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, with parts in section, ofthe machine shown in'Fig. l, as viewed from the left in Fig. 1;

Fig. t is a sectional detail showing the arrangement of the cams and of the levers operated by said cams, this section being taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. l;

Fig. 5 is a section through the blade feed-I ing mechanism on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a section through the blade holder and associated strops on the line 6h63 of Fig.l 1;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view through the mechanism for delivering the blades to the receivingv galley after the stropping opera tion, this view being taken on the line 7-7, Fig. 2; l

`Fig. 8 is a sectional detail showing the blade receiving and delivering end of one of the galleys, the view showing also the means for holding the retaining pawls out of blade retaining position whenthe galley is in blade delivering position; and

Fig. 9 is a side elevation of the cam which operates the blade feeding slide, this view showing also a portion of the slide operating lever.

The illustrated machine comprises side frame castings 2, connected by cross-rods Ll,

these castings supporting a table top 6, prefy erably having a guard` flange 8, upon which top are carried the various supports for the blade holding galleys,pblade feeding mecha? nism, blade holder, and the upper supports for the endless blade strops. v

The stropping means of the present invention comprises two endless blade strops 10, 12, the strop 10 passing over a driving pulley 14, carried upon a shaft 16, having its bearings in a bracket 18, attachedto the underside of the table top 6, the strop 10 also passing overlan idler pulley 20, mounted l, partsl of this view being CFI upon a shaft 22, carried in a yoke 24, having a threaded extension 26, adjustably held upon a cross-piece 2 8 by nuts.;.30 upon oppo.- site sides of the crosspiece. The crosspiece 28 is carried upon upright supports 32 mounted uponY the tabletop 6.

The shaftvlcanrieslloutside the bearingsiny bracket 18 a grooved pulley 34, over which passes a belt 86 traveling in the groove of a. Second grooved pulley 38 upon the main driving shaft 40 of the machine. Themain driving shaft 40 of the machine has its bearings in brackets 42' and'K 44preferably cast' integrall with the associated' frame member 2, and at one end the shaft isprovidedl with a driving pulley 46'connectedto any suitable source offpower, and'either directly connectedf to the shaft 40V through suitable clutch mechanism 48^eontrolled`-by alever 50, this mechanism notI being specifically shownv and descriloedysincel it` constitutes no partv ofrthe present invention.

The other strop 12 likewise passes. over, a guide pulley 52supp-orted upon Va shaft hav- 'l ing its bearings in a,brae,ket54, and'earrying at one end a 'grooved pulley 564v connected by a belt 58 to a second grooved pulley 60 onl. the driving shaft4 40, the strop 12 also passingover an idler pulley 62-earried upon a shaft 64, in a yoke 66, having a threaded extension68, adjustably held in the cross.

piece 2,8loyEl nuts 70, in the same. mannerI as the extension 26pofrthe yoke 24:

By suitably adjusting the yokes 24, and;

66,upon the crosspiece 28, the desired degree oftautness may be given to the strops. The proper alinement of the yokes is preferably r'naintained'by guide-rods 72rextending. from th-e upper ends yof the yokes 24v and-66, and guided inopenings in the crosspiece 2,8.

The-strops 10 and 12 ,preferably travel in planes substantially parallel to each'V other invtheir operative paths. of travel andare preferably spacediap'art such a distance that the blade heldin-ian oscillating blade holder 74, arranged midway` between the strops to osoillate about an axis substantially parallel 'to the planes of the strops in this region., Will be presented to each strop at suoli anv inclination to its plane as will produce the desiredbevel upon the blade from the stropping operation, the blade holderbeing prefi erably operated to presentV one side Pofthe blade to one strop, and thento oscillate linto position to present the other side` of the blade tothe other strop, the blade, being preferably given equal'bevels upon its two.

sides, although it will be understood that the invention is not restricted in this respect. p

vThe blade holder 74 .as shown particularly in Figs. l and;5v of the drawings, is carried upon arockshaft 76 having its bearings in ears 78 and 80, depending respectively trom the supports 82 .and 84, upon which' are carried the supply and receiving galleys 86 and 88 and also the blade-guide and fceding mechanism hereinaften to be described. The blade holder itself, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings. comprises a wedge-shaped piecevhaving a blade receiving slot 90 in its upper edge, this slot being'l somewhat enlarged at its blade receiving end, as shown at: 925s@ as to facilitate guiding the blades into the holder. Spring blade retaining j aWs94 projectI through transverse openings 96 into the slotk90 to such an extent that the blade forced endwise into the slot must engage and-press these jaws apart, thus causing thev jaws to hold the blade firmly in the holder 74 for the stropping` operation. The construction of the blade holder and the mannerof"deliveringblades into the holder constitute important features ofthepresent invention.

The blade holder isrigid' with therockshaft 76, and is rocked by saidlshaftf to present7 the blade first to one strop and-then the other'by means hereinafter to be described, this means preferably stopping with the blade holder in the position shown in Fig. 5. In this position it willbe notedlthat the blade holder iscentered for the feeding operation by means ofl a ball 98 pressed by a spring 100 into a notch 102 in one of the blade guidesA 104. Inthis position ofl the blade holder, itI will be seenthat the slot il() ofthe blade holder is in line with `the guide- Way 106 in the guide 104, in which guide- Way the bladel feeding slide 108 travels. The slide 108, which is preferably a strip -olf steel of approximately the thickness-or possibly slightly more or less than the thickness-ofthe blade to vbe fed, is connected to athreadedextension 110 adjustably held by means of nuts 114 in a slide 116, traveling upon a guide` rod'118, carried-by a bracket on the table 6, anda secondbracket' l22 on oneof the uprights 32. Theslid-e 108 is operated by mechanism, hereinafter to be described, first to push the razor blade along the guide-way 106 into the slot 00 in the blade holder 74, then to withdraw slightly while the blade holder oscillates between the strops to present the blade alternately lirst to one strop and then to the other, and then` after the stropping operation-when the blade holder has returned to the position shown in Fig. -again to move forward and to force the` blade from theslot 90 in the blade holder 7 4, into the guide-Way 124, in a second guide 126, from which the blade is then pushed by an oscillating pusher 128 into the receiving galley 88, the pusher 128 being segment-shaped, having depending lugs 130 Which increase the width of its pushing face. and being carried upon an arm 182 attached to a rockshaft-184, `having its bearings in brackets 136'upon the table top 6.

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holder, and the pusher for pushing the blades into the receiving galley are operated from cams carried upon a transverse earn shaft 188 driven from the main shaft 40 by n'ieans of a worm 140 engaging a worin wheel 142 upon the cani shaft 188. Extending parallel to the camshaft 138 is a stationary shaft 144, upon which are mounted several levers which cooperate with the cams upon the cam shaft 188. l

The feeding slide 108 is operated from an edge cam 146 on the cam shaft 138, this cam engaging a cam roll 148 upon a lever 150 fulcrumed upon the stationary shaft 144 and forked at its upper end at 152 to embrace the slide 116 which it engages between lugs 154 upon the two sides of said slide. .p lt will be noted that cam 146 (see Fig. 9 of the drawings) has a concentric portion 156, which is the part that is engaging the cam. roll 148, while the stropping operation is taking place. Following this concentric portion in the direction of rotation of the cam is the highest point 158 on the cam, which effects the blade ejecting movement of the slide 108-that is, the movement that forces the blade from the slot 90 in the holder 74 in front of the pusher 128 into position to be pushed Ainto the galley 88.

* Following the highest point 158 on the cam is the lowest point 160, which permits the slide 108 to withdraw beyond the delivery end of the galley 86 to engage another blade to be moved intok the slot 90 in the blade holder. rllhis movement of the blade into the blade holder is effected by the part 162 of the cam, following whichit will be noted there is a slight withdrawalmovement down to the level of the concentric part 156 The cam roll 148 is held in engagement with the cam 146, to 'cause the lever 150, to follow the curvature of the cam, by the action of a spring 164, connected at one end to the lower end of the lever 150, and at its other end to one of the cross-rods of the machine frame.

The oscillation of the blade holder 74 is effected from an edge cam 166 on the cam shaft 138 by connections now to be described. Upon one arm 168 of a bell-crank lever,

fulcrumed on the stationary shaft 144, is car! ried a cam roll 170 engaging the cam 168, this cam roll being held in engagement with said cam by means of a spring 172 connected at one end to the other arm 174. of said bell-crank lever, and at its other end to one of the cross-rods 4 of the machine frame. The arm 174 of said bell-crank lever is also connected by a link 176 `to an arm 178 of a second bell-crank fulcrumed upon a stationary shaft 180 carried by brackets 182, the other arm 184 of the last` mentioned bell-crank having its end bored to receive a rod 186 pivotally connected at `its upper end to an arm 188 attached to one end of the rockshaft 76 upon which the blade holder 74 is carried. A. yielding connection is provided, between the bell-crank arm 184 and the rod 186, comprising springs 190 and 192 surrounding the rod 186 above and4 below the arm 184 and confined between a collar 194 fastened to the rod 186 above the arm 184 and nuts 196 screwed upon the lower end of the rod. The stroke imparted to the arm 184 by the cam 166 is preferably' more than enough to oscillate the blade holder from one strop to the other, the remainder of the stroke being taken up by one or the other of the springs 190, 192, thus placing a yielding pressure upon the blade as it is held against the strop. The amount of this pressure cany be varied by adjusting the nuts 196.

The pusher 128 is operated from a cam 198 `carried on the cam shaft 138, this canikl i' engaging the cam roll 200 on the upper end of the lever 202 fulcrumed on the stationary shaft 144. Cam roll 200 is held against the cam 198 by the action of a spring 204 con-- nected at one end to the lower end of the lever 202, and at its other end to one of the frame cross-rods 4. A link 206 connects the lower arm of the lever 202 to one arm 208 of a bell-crank fulcrumed on the stationaryshaft 180, the other arm r210 of said bell-crank being connected by link 212 to an arm 214 on the rockshaft 184, which carries the Vpusher 128. f

From the foregoing description of the connection between the pusher 128 and cam 198, it will be seen that the blade pushing movement of the pusher is edected by the action of the spring204, which causes the cam roll 200 to follow the shape of the cam 198. There is thus no danger of breakage of 'the machine in the event of clogging, due

to a blade becoming misplaced in the guideway. f

The blades to be operated upon are preferably carried to the machine in a portable galley, such as shown iin Figs. 2 and 8, the

galley in which the supply of blades to be treated is held being preferably identical in construction with that in which the blades are to be received after treatment,

whereby these galleys may be carried from one to another of a series of machines which I have designed for use in the manufacture of razor blades, the receiving galley of one machineMafter being filled-serving as the supply galley of the next machine, and vice versa.. These galley/'s are placed horizontally in the machine, being carried upon the supports 82 and 84 and, as shown, are located between pins 216 upon these supports and the respective guides 104 and 126. As shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings, each` galley has at its end---which serves both as a delivery I end and a receiving enr *spring retaining pawls 218 having shoulders 220 normally lou Ilo

projected over the side edges of the endnios't blade in the' galley. To facilitate delivery of the blades to the feeding mechanism, the: guide 104:v is provided-uponits face adjacent to the galley' S6 which holds'- the blades to be stropiiedwith pair of beveled pins or lugs 2.22, which engage correspondingly beveled faces of the pawls 219i blade in the line of blades inthe galley;

this armbeing carried` by a slide 226 guided on rod 228. The arm 224 is held constantly pressed against the endniostY blade in the line by the' action of a counterweighti230, carried on a cord 282, and passing over a pulley 234iand about a second pulley 236 nearv the forward end of the galley, whereby the weight ten-ds to pull the slide 226 toward the forward end of the galley.

llVhen one ofthe galleys is used as a receiving galley, the spring pawls 218 are left inl their normal position,l no spreading' means being provided? upon the guide 126,.

and therefore each blade must 'be pushed past the retaining shoulders 2.20 on the p'awls 218 by the'pusher128.V In the receiving galley it is only necessary to provide a sli'dable weight, such as the weight 238 shown in Fig.. 2,y this weigh-tv being forced alongv the galley by the action of the pusher 128 as it pushes thesuccessiive blades past the shoulders 220off the pawls 218.4

From the foregoing' description, the opl eration of the machine will readily be understood. As soon as the clutch 48 is operated to connect the pulley 46 with the driving shaft 16, thev endless st-rops 1() and 12 will be driven. by their driving pulleys 1l and 52, which in turn are driven from the shaft s()` by the` belts 36 and 58', these stropspreferably passing over backing plates 246 and 242 in the regionv where the stropping` operation ltralies place.

Starting the machine causes the cam shaft 138 tof rotate through its worm and gear' connection. with the sha-ft 40, whereby the feeding." sli-de willv be operated to engage theblade which has been forced into the guide 104l by the action of the' ounterweight 236 upon the arni224, and willy move this blade along. the guide into' thel slot 90 of the blade holder and between the spring fingers 94; Ags the `feeding slide 10S withdraws for a slight distance-but not enough to: uncover the mouth of the `galley SG-the blade holder will be oscillated by its connections with the cam 166 to carry the blade held between the spring fingers 94 in the slot 90, first against one of the strops 10, 12 and their against the other.

The stropping operation having been completed, the blade holder T-ilmoves to its intermediate position shown in Fig. .1, in which the slot' 90 is again in line with. the guide-ways 166 and 124i, at which time the cam roll 148 will ride upon the highest point 15S of the cam 146, and the slide 106 will be moved to eject the blade from the slot El() in the blade holder 7l, the blade being. carried forward into the guide 1241 until it is in line' with the pusher 128, which then op erates to push it past the spring shoulders 220 on the spring pawls- 21S` into the receiving galley 8S, this operation forcing the weight 288 along the galley 8S a distance equal t-o the thickness of one blade. In the meantime, the slide lO-following the movement of the cam roll M8 into the depression 160 of the cani 14,-6-has withdrawn far enoughv to uncover the end of the galley 86, thus permitting the weight 230 to act upon the arm 224 to force another blade into the guide-way 106 in front of the slide 10S. The operation is then repeated untill either the supply of blades is exhausted, or the clutch 48 is operated to disconnect the driving pulley 16 from the shaft l0.

What I claim asnew is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a bladey holder arranged to hold a blade in substantially fixed relation to the holder during. the operation thereon and having relatively flxed portions spaced. from each other to forni a blade receivingy slot and means for taking. a blade from a. source of supply and feeding: it into said slot.

2.v In a machine of the class described, a blade holder arrangedV to hold a blade. in substantially fixed' relation to the holder during the operation thereon and having relatively fixed portions spaced from each other to forni a blade receiving slot extending from one 'side of said holder lo ther other, and' means for feeding a blade endwise into4 said slot fronr one side of said blade holder. v

3. In a machine of the class described, a blade holder arranged to hold a blade in substantially fixed relation to the holder during; the operation thereon and having u n l.: relatively fixed portions spaced from each other to form a blade receiving slot extending from onev side of saidV holder tothe other, means for feeding a blade endwise into said slot from one side of said blade holder and for likewise moving said blade out ofy said blade holder to the other side thereof.

1. Ina machine of the class described, a blade holder comprising: blade engaging jaws yieldingly held normally in clamping lll() llll lill) relation, and means for guiding and forcing a blade cndwise into position between said jaws.

5. ln a machine ot' the class described, a blade holder comprising blade engaging` jaws yieldingly held normally in clamping relation, and means arranged to engage one end ot a blade held by said jaws and Ytorce it endwise out ot said jaws.

(i. ln a machine of the class described, an oscillating blade holder' having a position of rest and means operating transversely to the plane ot oscillation of said blade holder t'or feeding a blade thereto while inv its position of rest. j

7. in a stropping machine, the combination with opposed strops, a blade holder arranged to oscillate between said strops, and .means ior delivering` a blade `to said blade holder, said means having a further movement for ejecting the blade from said holder after the stropping operation.

8. In a machine oit' the class described, a blade holder comprising a member having a blade receiving slot and blade retaining springs extending into said slot from opposite sides thereof and arranged to be forced apart by the blade as it enters said slot.

9. ln a machine of the class described, a blade holder comprising a member having a blade receiving slot enlarged at its blade receiving end to facilitate entrance'ofthe blade, blade retaining springs having 1nwardly bent ends projecting into said slot and means for inserting blades edgewise into the slot.

l0. A machine of the class described com-y prising, in combination, stropping means, a blade holder movable to present tirst one side and then the other of a blade held therein `to said stropping means, and means for automatically delivering the blade to be stropped to said blade holderl and for removing said blade from said holder after the stropping operation. l

11. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, stropping means, a blade holder movable to present tirst one side and then the other of a blade held therein to said stropping means, and means t'or moving the blade to be stropped edgewise into said blade holder.

A machine of the class ydescribed comprising, in combination, stropping means, a blade holder movable to present first one side and then the other of a blade held therein to said stropping means, and means tor moving the blade to be stroppededgewise into said blade holder and for moving said blade edgewise out of said holder after the stropping operation.

13. A. machine of the class described comprising, .in combination, stropping means, a blade holder, movable to present first one side and then the other of a blade held therein to said stroppingmeans, and means for inovingthc blade to be stropped in the general direction of its edge into one end of said blade holder and for moving said blade also in the general direction ot' its edge out ot the other end ot said blade holder after the stropping operation.

14. The combination with means for operting on a razor blade and a blade holder for presenting the blade to said operating means, ot means yfor holding a supply of blades to be treated, means for moving a singleblade from said supply into said blade holder, said means having a further movement to eject said blade from said blade holder ai'terit has been acted upon by said first mentioned means.

l5. ln a machine ot the class described, the combination with a blade holder comprising blade engaging jaws yieldingly held normally in clampingy relation to each other, ot a guide arranged to guide a blade endwise between said jaws, a second guide arranged to receive said blade endwise when it is ejected from said aws, and means for moving a blade along said first-mentioned guide into position between said jaws and for moving said blade from its position between said jaws into said receiving guide.

16, In a machine ot the class described, the combination with a galley for holding blades to be treated, a galley for receiving the blades after treatment, a blade holder arranged to hold a blade in substantially fixed relation to the holder during the operation thereon, a guide extending from said supply galley into blade-delivering relation to said blade holder, a second guide extending from said blade holder to bladedelivering relation to said receiving galley, and means for automatically effecting, in succession, movement ot' the blades from the supply galley along said first-mentioned guide to the blade holder' and for effecting the movement oit said blades in succession from said blade holder along said last-mentioned guide to said receiving galley.

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a galley for holding razor blades and along which vsaid blades are movable in a direction substantially normal to the blade plane, of a blade holder having a to and fro movement in a direction substantially parallel to the movement of the blades along said galley and having a position of rest, and means or guiding and moving the innermost blade ot those in said galley from said galleyto said blade holder when said holder is in its position of rest.

18. In a machine of the` class described, the combination with a galley for holding a supply ci' razor blades to be treated and along which said blades are movable in a div rection substantially normal to they blade `upon .razor blades and a galley for receiving the blades after they have been operated upon, of spring-pressedretaining pawls at the receiving end of said galley having bevelled ends arranged to 4be engaged by the ends of 4the blades and kforced back as the blades are moved into the galley for .retaining the endmost blade, and lmeans for forcing each blade after it has been operated upon past said retaining pavvls into said galley.

20. In a machine of the class described, the combination with means for operating upon razor blades, a galley for holding a .supply :of blades, a second galley, nterchangeable with the irst, Jfor receiving the blades after they are operated lupon, and means tor moving the blades singly Vfrom said .-rst galley yto the operati-ng means and for then movi-ng said blades from the operating means into the second galley.

Y 21. In a .machine of the class described, the combination Avv-ith means for operating uponrazor blades, a galley for holding a supply of blades to be operated upon, a second galley, interchangeable with the lirst, for receivingthe `blades after .they ,are operated upon, means for transferring the blades from the first galley to the operating means and then to the second galley, said galleys being parallel to each other and said transferring means including mechanism for moving the ,blades in a direction normal to the vdirections of movement of the Kblades in lthe galleys.

22. In a machine `oi the class described, the combination with means for operating upon razor blades, of a horizontal galley for holding a supply of blades to Abe voperated upon, said blades being supported upon edge in face abutting relation in said galley, a second galley, interchangeable with the Afirst, for receiving the bladesafter they are operated upon, means for transferring the blades from said lirst galley to said. .operatingwmeans and then to said second galley, and means for ,moving said blades Lalong Said .first galley rto .said transferring means.

23. ln a machine of the class described, the combinationivith means for opera-ting ona blade, ka blade holder for presenting the blade to said operating means and means for delivering the blade to said blade holder ,and for A.rerlrwfinog ,it therefrom-10i ajgaller for holding a supply of blades to be operated upon by said delivering means, Said galley having yielding means for retaining the blades therein, whereby the galley may be removed bodily with a supply oi blades, and means associated with the delivering means for rendering said retaining means inoperative when the galley is brought inlio operative relation to said delivering means.

2li. In a machine of the class described, the combination with means for operating upon razor blades, a supply galley and a receiving galley for said blades, ol means operating in a rectilinear direction normal to the direction of movement ot the blades in said galleys for transferring a blade from said supply galley to said operating means and then to a posit-ion opposite said receiving galley, blade retaining springs mounted on the opposite sides of the receiving galley at the blade receiving end thereof, and having beveled faces arranged to be engaged b v the blades to push back the springs as tho blades are projected into the galley, and shoulders for engaging the blades to hold them in position in the galley, and means for pushing the blades past the retaining springs into the galley.

25. ln a machine of the class described, the combination with means lor operating upon razor blades, of a supply galley and a receiving galley both arranged on one side of the line ot' 'feed oi' the blades from thc supply galley and to 'ard the receiving galley, means operating in a rectilinear direction normal to the direction of movement of the blades in said galleys for transferring a blade trom the supply galley into position to be presented to the operating means and troni said `position to the receiving galley and arranged to control at all times the movement of the blades from said position into the receiving galley, means located upon one side of the line ot feed olf the blades in said direction for moving the blades in the supply galley toward said transferring means, and means located upon the other side oiI the line ot teed for moving the blades from said transferring means into said receiving galley.

2G. Y[n a machine ot the Fluss described, the combination With means `for (nieruting` upon blades and a blade holder arranged to .hold the blades in substantially fixed relation to the holder during the operation thereon rfor presenting the `blade to said means, .ot a tivo-step 'feeding device in the path of which the blades are located at a `certain point in the operation of the machine thereon to cause said device to `feed the blades arranged irst to feed a. blade to said holder by movement of said device in a certain direction and then after the blade has been operated upon by said opera-ting means to teje-ct said blade therefrom. by a second movement of said device in the same direction, and means for moving said blade out of the path of said feeding device at the end of the second feeding step.

27. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, stropping means, a blade holder arranged to present a blade to be stropped to said means, a galley for holding the blades to be stropped arranged to hold and guide the blades by engagement with one or more peripheral edges'of the same, a similar second galley for receiving the stropped blades, means for ytaking a blade from said first galley and delivering it to said blade holder, and for moving said blade into said second galley after the stropping operation. y

28. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, opposed strops, a blade holder and means to oscillate it to present a blade alternately to said strops, and means for introducing a blade to be stropped into said holder and for removing it from said holder after the stropping operation.

29. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, stropping means, a movable blade holder arranged to present a blade 'to be stropped to said means by a lateral movement of the blade, means for feeding blades to be stropped singly to said blade holder and means acting transversely to the direction of movement of the feeding means for advancing blades successively into the field of operation of the feeding means.

SO. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, opposed strops traveling in paths which cross, automatically :.ui'tuated means for driif'ing said strops, a blade holder, and means independei'it of the strops for oscillating said holder to present a blade alternately to said strops.

3l. A machine of the class described comprising, in combination, opposed strops traveling in paths which cross, a blade holder arranged to oscillate between said strops in a plane oblique to the path of travel of each, and means for delivering a blade to be stropped to said holder and for removing said blade from said holder after thestropping operation.

32. A machine of the class described coinprising, in combination, opposed strops moving in paths which cross, a blade holder arranged to oscillate between said strops in a plane oblique to the path of travel of each strop, means for driving said strops and means for oscillating said blade holder.

A. strapping machine comprising, in combination, opposed endless strops, an oscillatory blade holder movable betvveen said .strops to present a blade to be stropped alternately thereto, the stropping faces of said strops traveling in directions oblique to the edge of the blade in said holder and also in directions oblique to each other, whereby the movable to present a blade held thereby al tei'nately to said strops, said holder being arranged to present the blade with its edge oblique to the direction of movement of each strop.

In a stropping machine, the combination vvith opposed endless belt strops, pairs of supporting pulleys for said strops arranged 'to guide said strops in paths Which cross,

and means for oscillating a razor blade to be stropped between said strops substantially at the point of crossing and in a plane oblique to the path of travelof each strop.

36. In a strapping machine, the combinaton with opposed endless belt strops and pairs of pulleys for supporting and. driving said strops, of a blade holder' arranged to oscillate betiveen said strops, and means for delivering a blade endivise to said blade holder.

37. In a machine of the class described, the combination with stropping means, a blade holder arranged to present a blade to be stropped to said means and means for automatically feeding blades singly to said blade holder and for removing the blades singly from said blade holder after {the stropl'iing operation, of a removable galley for holding a supply of blades to beroperated upon by said feeding means and a second galley interchangeable with the first galley arranged to receive the blades from said blade holder after the stropping operation.

ln a machine of the class described, the combination lwith stropping means, a blade holder arranged. to present a blade to be stropped to said sti'opping means and means for :feeding the blade to said holder and for removing it from said holder, of iiitercliangeable galleys arranged respectively to contain a supply of blades to be fed to said holder and to receive the blades after the stroppiiig operation.y means acting upon the supply of blades in said lirst mentioned galley to more them horizontally into posiM tion to be acted upon by said feeding nieans ane means acting transversely to the direc-- tion of feeding .movement for moving the blades removed from said blade holder into said last mentioned galley.

39. ln a stropping machine, the combination with an oscillating blade holder and vopposed endless strops traveling in directions oblique to each other .into alternating engagement with which the oscillation of vsaid holder brings a blade held thereby, of means for effecting the oscillation of said blade holder-constructed to impart to said holder an oscillating stroke of .a length ;ing plates for said strops behind those portions ofthe strop engaged by the blade.

40. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades and mechanism for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering the blades therefrom, comprising devices constructed to form a blade guide- Way, a blade holder for carrying blades into and out of engagement With the operating means, and means for moving the blade holder transversely ofthe guideWa-ytoivard and from a position in line With said guideivay. Y

41. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades, mechanism for presenting'blades tothe operating means and for delivering the blades therefrom, comprising devices constructed to` form a blade guideivay, a movable blade holder for carrying blades into and out of engagement with they operating means, and means for moving theblade holder transversely of the guideway into and out of position to receive blades from said guidevvay.

f 4t2. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades, mechanism for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering the blades therefrom, comprising devices constructed to form a blade guideivay through Which'the blades are arranged to slide, a movable blade holder the blade holding parts of Which are arranged to move together as a unit into and out of operating position with `relation to the guideway for carrying blades'into and out of engagement with the operating means, and'means for moving the blade holder to carry the blade holding parts thereof togetherinto and out of position to deliver bladesto said lguide- 73137.

l5. machine for operating on blades l'iaving, in combination, means for operating on blades, mechanism for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering blades therefrom, comprising a movable blade holder for carrying blades into and out of engagement with the operating means, devices constructed to form a blade guideivay from which blades are delivered into the blade holder, and to form a second bladegu-ideivay into which blades are received from the `blade holder, and means for moving the blade holder into .and out of position to receive blades from ythe first guide'way, and into and out of position yto deliverblades to the second guideway.

44E. A machine `for operating on blades having, in combination, means for sharpening blades, a receiving galley arranged to hold and guide the blades by engagement With one or more peripheral edges of the same, and means for presenting blades successively to the means for operating thereon and then delivering the same into the receiving galley.

.45. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for sharpening blades, means provided with a blade guideway arranged to receive blades after they are acted upon by said sharpening means, a receiving galley constructed to hold and guide the blades by engagement', With one or more peripheral edges of the same and arranged to receive blades from said guideway and means: for passing blades through said guideway and projecting the same into the receiving galley.

46. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on rectilinear blades, means having a blade guideivay arranged to receive blades after they are acted upon by said sharpening means, arranged for the passage of blades edgeivise therethrough and having a Width only slightly greater than the thickness of a blade so as to hold the blade substantially from lateral movement therein, means for passing blades through said guideivay, a receiving galley arranged transvversely to said guideivay and means for engaging one face of a blade and projecting the same m a direction transverse to the blade plane 'trom the guideu'ay lnto the re- 'ceiving galley.

47. A machine lfor operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades, a blade holder arranged to hold a blade substantially in tired relation to said holder during the operation thereon for carrying blades into and out. of engagement', With the means for operating thereon, dovices constructed to form a, blade guidoway arranged to deliver blades edgewise -to said blade holder and to form a second blade guideway arranged to receive blades edge- 'wise from said blade holder.

48. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, a movable blade holder, means for operating on blades, a supply galley, a receiving galley. means for transferring the blades from the supply galley to the blade holder before they are operated upon and for transferring the blades from the blade holder to the receiring ,galley after they are operated upon and means for moving the blade holder to present the blades to the operating means.

$9. A machine for operating on blades llt) ll,5l.5,737

having, in combination, means for operating on blades, means having a blade guideway, a blade holder, a second blade guideway, means for transferring the blades in succession from the first blade guideway to the blade holder before the operation t-hereon and for transferring the blades from the blade holder to the second blade guideway after the operation and means for moving the blade holder to present the blades to the operating means.

50. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades, means for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering blades therefrom comprising a blade-holding galley removably mounted in the machine and constructed to serve either as a supply galley or as a receiving galley, and means for holding said galley alternately in position 'to supply blades successively to be operated upon or in position to receive blades successively after they are operated upon.

51. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades, means for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering blades therefrom comprising a galley adapted to receive a pack of blades, placed face to face, and having a central guideway along which blades may be moved in a direction transverse to the blade plane formed by a base plate and lateral ribs rising therefrom, and means for removably locating the galley in operating position in the machine.

52. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades, means for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering blades therefrom comprising a supply galley adapted to receive a pack` of blades placed face to face and constructed for the passage of blades along the same by a movement of the blades in a direction transverse to the blade plane, means provided with a guideway into which the blades are delivered directly and ysuccessively by said galley arranged for the passage of the blades therethrough by a movement of the blades in the c blade plane in the delivery of the same to the operating means, means having a similar guideway in line with said first guideway and adapted to receive the blades after being operated upon, and a similar galley arranged to receive the blades successively from the latter guideway.

53. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades means for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering blades therefrom comprising means provided for a 'guideway arranged for the passage of the blades therethrough by movement of the blades in the plane thereof and in the direction of the their forward edges in delivering the same to the operating means, a`

galley adapted to receive a pack of blades, placed face to face, constructed for the passage of blades along the same by a movement of the blades in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane thereof and arranged substantialy perpendicular to said guideway so as to deliver directly the blades successively thereto, means having a similar guideway arranged to receive the blades successively after they are operatedupon, and a similar receiving galley arranged substantially perpendicular to the second guideway into which the blades are delivered successively from the latter guideway.

54. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades means for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering blades therefrom comprising means having a guideway arranged for the passage of blades therethrough by a movement of the blades in the plane thereof and in the direction of` their forward edges, a blade holder into which the blades are delivered from said guideway, and means for moving the blade holder in a direction substantially perpendicular to the blade plane to present the blades to the operating means.

5o. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination, means for operating on blades, means for presenting blades to the operating means and for delivering blades therefrom comprising a blade holder, mea-ns for moving the blade holder in a direction substantially lperpendicular to the blade plane to present the blades to the operating means, and means having a guideway arranged to receive blades from said blade holder and constructed for the passage of blades therethrough by a movement of the blades in the plane thereof and in the direction of their forward edges.

56. A machine for operating on blades having, in combination means for operating on blades, mechanism for presenting blades to the operating means andvdelivering blades therefrom comprising means having a blade guideway constructed for the passage of blades therethrough by movement of the blades in the plane thereof and in the di-` rection of their forward edges, a blade holder arranged to receive blades from said guideway, means for moving the blade holder in a direction substantially normal to the blade plane to present the 'blades to the operating means, and means having a second guideway similar to the first guideway and arranged in line therewith to receive blades from said blade holder lafter they are 0perated upon. y

57. A machine of the class described, having in combination means for sharpening the edges of blades, means having a guideway arranged for sliding movement of the blades `Way leading past the blade sharpening means and arranged for the, sliding of the blades edgevviseftherethrough in which the blades are held While operated upon, a supply galley arranged to Vdeliver blades to said guideWa-y, a receiving galley arranged Vto receive blades from said guideivay, and mechanism for sliding the yblades in succession through the guideivay and for causing the transfer of the blades in succession from the supply galley tothe guideway.

59. Amachine of the class described, 'having in combination means for sharpening the edgesV of blades, means having a guideway arranged for sliding movement of the blades therethrough leading past the blade sharpeningV means in i'vhich the blades are held While operated upon, a supply galley arranged to hold a pack of blades and to deliver the same to the guideiv'ay by movement of the blades `in a direction transverse to the blade plane, a receiving galley into which the blades are carried from the guide- Way by movement of the blades in a. direction 'transverse to `the blade plane, and mechanism for sliding` the blades in succession through the guideivay and for causing the transfer of the blades in succession from the supply galley to the guideway and `from the guideway to the receiving galley.

60. A machine ofthe class described, having in combination means for sharpening the edges of blades, means having a guide- Way constructed for the sliding of the blades therethrough and arranged to guide the blades edgewise past the blade sharpening means in which the blades are held While operated upon, a supply galley arranged to hold a pack of blades and to deliver the same in succession to the guidevvay by movement of the blades in a direction substantially normal to therblade pla-ne, a receiving galley into which the blades are delivered from the gu'idevvay by movement of the blades in a, direction substantially normal to the blade plane, and mechanism for sliding the Vblades in succession through the guide'way and for causing the transfer of the blades in succession 'from the supply galley to the guide- Way and from the guideWay to the receiving seller.

61. A'inachine 'of the class described, having in combination means for sharpening the edges of blades, means having a guidevra'y constructed for the sliding of the blades therethrough and arranged to guide the blades endwise past the blade sharpening means in which the blades are held While operated upon, a supply galley arranged to hold a pack of blades and to deliver the same in Succession to the guideway by movement of the blades in a direction substantially normal to the blade plane, a receiving galley into which the blades are delivered from the guideivay by movement of the blades in a direction substantially normal to the blade plane, and mechanism for sliding the blades in succession through the guideway, and for causing the transfer ol the blades in succession from the supply galley to the guidevvay and from the guide- Way to the receiving galley.

62. A machine of the class described, ha ving in combination means for sharpening the edges of blades, means stationary in the direction of movement of the blades and having a guideway extending past the operating means in which the blades are held While Operated upon, a receiving galley to receive the blades in succession from the guidcway, and means for causing movement of the blades in succession through the guideway and from the guidevvay into the receiving galley.

63. A machine of the class described, having in combination means .for operating on blades, means having a rectilinear guidcu'ay leading past the operating means and arranged for the sliding movement of the blades therethrough in which the blades are held While operated upon, a supply galley arranged to deliver blades to said guide- Way, a. receiving galley arranged to receive blades from said guideivay, and vmechanism arranged to control at all times the movement of the blades for sliding the blades in succession through the guidevvay and for causing the transfer of lthe blades in snccession from the supply galley to the guideway and from the guideivay to the receiving galley.

64. A machine of the class described, having in combination 'means for operating on blades, means having a rectilinear guideway leading past the operating means and arranged for the sliding of blades edgewisc therethrough in which the blades are held While operated upon, a supply galley arranged to deliver blades to said `o'uidmvay, a receiving` galley arranged to receive blades from said guideivay, and mechanism arranged'to control at all times the movement of the blades 4for sliding the blades in succession through the guidenfay and for causing the transfer of the blades in succession from the supply galley to the guideivay and from the guideivay to the receiving galley.

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65. A machine of the class described, hav ing in combination means for sharpening the edges ot blades, means stationary in the direction of movement of the blades and having a guideway leading past the blade sharpening means and arranged for the sliding of the blades therethrough in which the blades are held While operated upon, a receiving galley arranged to receive the blades from said guidevvay, and mechanism for sliding the blades in succession through the guideway and or causing the transfer ot' the blades in succession from the guideway to the receiving galley.

66. A machine of the class described, having in combination means for sharpening the edges of blades, means stationary in the direction of movement of the blades and having a guideWay leading past the blade sharpening means and arranged for the sliding of the blades edgeWise therethrough in which the blades are held While operated upon, a receiving galley arranged to receive blades from said guideivay, and mechanism for sliding the blades in succession through the guidevvay and for causing the trans-fer of the blades in succession from the guideway to the receiving galley.

67. A machine of the class described, having in combination means for operating on blades, means having a rectilinear guideway in which the blades are held While operated upon, a receiving galley arranged relatively to the said guideway so as to receive the blades therefrom, and means arranged to control at all times the movement of the blades for passing the blades through the gnideivay past the operating means and projecting the same from the guideway into they receiving galley.

Signed at Jersey City, N. J. this 13 day of July, 1920.

FERDINAND G. HENRY.

Witnesses:

EMMeL C. PET'rERsnN, GEORGE WHITE.

Certificate of Correctionu lt is herehfy certified that in Letters Patent N o. 1,515,737, granted November 1S, 1924, upon the application of Ferdinand G. Henry, of New York, N. Y., for an improvement in Stropping Machines, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction Ias follows: Page 8, line 90, claim 46, strike out .the 'word rectilinear and insert the same before the Word blade 1n hne 91; page 9,

line 6l, claim 58, for the Word for read with, and line 72, same Claim, for 1 the misspelled Word substantialy read substwntz'all? and that the said Letters Patent should be read With these correotions therein that the saine may conform to the record of the oase in the Patent Oflice.

wSigned and sealed this 31st day of March, A. D. 1925.

[SEAL] KARL FENNING,

loting Commissioner of Paents. 

